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On a quiet, still morning a week ago, four conservationists hid, crouched in the grasses and obscured by hawthorn hedges as the morning mist formed in the first light of dawn. After a wait of around an hour, a pair of cranes and their eight week old chick crept steadily from their night-time roost, stealthily and nervously walking out of the thick cover of reeds onto a short drove road. From here they walked much more quickly out into an open field, recently grazed, gleaning early-morning insect morsels from the rush tops.

Floods on the Somerset Levels gave scientists a rare chance to study the effect of extreme weather on wildlife.

A new study shows in 2013 a flock of cranes were forced out of their usual roosts and feeding sites, and spent two extra hours a day searching for food. Click link for full article which appeared in the Weston Morning News and on BBC news

Monty and Sedge are proving to be good parents with one chick already. They keep returning to egg number two so fingers crossed! Keeping watching http://www.wwt.org.uk/wetland-centres/slimbridge/experience/webcam/

WWT Slimbridge confirmed that they have a crane chick! One of the team photographed it this morning and they are waiting to confirm but based on second hand information it looks like it could be 24-36 hours old. Keep watching for the second chick it is addictive viewing!